“He glanced over, his ears flicked up and he bounded to his feet to hurry over, then hesitated when he saw the two soldiers hovering at my shoulder.”

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Present participle for to move or act quickly or with urgency

“You better hurry if you want to finish sticking flowers in this wall because I can hear the folks coming back as sure as can be.”

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Present participle for to drive a vehicle very fast

putting your foot down

putting pedal to the metal

putting the pedal to the metal

driving over the speed limit

breaking the speed limit

exceeding the speed limit

opening up the throttle

putting pedal to metal

getting a wriggle on

making tracks

putting on speed

putting on afterburners

picking up speed

“Already late for the event, we jumped into the vehicle and decided to hurry to make up time.”

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Present participle for to cause to move or progress with haste

“She tells me not to hurry her as she wants to talk about it to her friends first.”

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Present participle for to hasten the progress of or make easier

smoothing the path of

smoothing the way for

assisting the progress of

running interference for

oiling the wheels for

accomplishing quickly

favouring^UK

favoring^US

succouring^UK

succoring^US

ironing out the difficulties of

doing someone a service

jacking up

pitching in with

hiking up

doing someone a favour

getting stuck in with

getting someone out of a tight spot

going down the line for

lending a helping hand to

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

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Present participle for to bother or cause distress in (someone)

putting someone off their stroke

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

putting out of countenance

putting someone off their stride

hacking off

riling

setting someone back on their heels

burning up

burdening

making someone scratch their head

agonizing^US

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

agonising^UK

throwing into a tizzy

getting across

causing someone to lose their composure

causing to be at a stand

making self-conscious

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

scaring the bejesus out of

balling up

scaring the living daylights out of

rubbing up the wrong way

setting someone thinking

driving up the wall

grating on

getting on your wick

getting on your nerves

getting under your skin

taking the wind out of your sails

balking^US

baulking^UK

making someone's hair stand on end

stopping someone in their tracks

throwing into disarray

hurting somebody's feelings

upsetting the applecart

making your head spin

messing with one's head

sending over the edge

driving round the bend

driving you up the wall

teeing off

driving mad

getting on one's nerves

driving to distraction

making someone eat humble pie

getting one's comeuppance

scaring the pants off

giving someone goose pimples

giving someone the hump

making someone see red

scaring someone out of their wits

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

chilling to the marrow

niggling

putting the fear of God into

throwing into a blue funk

making one's hair stand on end

making teeth chatter

disrupting

making one's flesh creep

making someone jump out of their skin

giving one the creeps

making one's blood run cold

throwing into a fright

scaring someone half to death

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

filling with consternation

messing up

flapping

pressing the panic button

getting into a state

becoming flustered

going into a panic

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Present participle for to push roughly

Verb

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Present participle for to leave or exit

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